Laura Dance Festival 2009

TRaCK at the Laura Dance Festival

The Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival is a thirty year old tradition to celebrate both traditional and contemporary culture of Aboriginal peoples in Cape York. The Festival is highly revered as one of the most important cultural events in the region. In the 2009 event, approximately 5000 patrons embarked on the Ang-Gnarra Festival Grounds during the three-day event held between the 19th - 21st June.

The Mitchell River Watershed Management Group (MRWMG) held a stall for community engagement to inform patrons on the presence and activities of the research organisation Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge (TRaCK) in the catchment. Activities to raise awareness on the issue of the pest fish Tilapia in the Mitchell River catchment were also run (supported by the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research).